Current U.S. Policy in Central Asia: From the First to the Second D. Trump Administrations

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Abstract

Over the past few years, the geopolitical and economic landscape of Central Asia has been changing due to the influence of both internal and external dynamics. This creates conditions, but, as demonstrated in the article, has not lead to Central Asia become one of priority regions in U.S. foreign policy. The article aims to identify the determinants, constants and changes in U.S. policy in Central Asia in the period from 2017 to early 2025. The article characterizes the role of Central Asia in US foreign policy calculus, demonstrates the motivation, approaches and tools of the Trump and Biden administrations in expanding American presence in the region, and assesses the prospects for US regional policy under the second term of Trump.

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Yana V. Leksyutina

Saint-Petersburg State University

Email: lexyana@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6766-1792
Scopus Author ID: 57194420243
Professor; Doctor of Sciences (Politics); Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation

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